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  • U.N. Inspectors Complete First Mission in Iraq

    U.N. arms inspectors completed their first field mission in Iraq in four years Wednesday, the opening move in their search for banned Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.One group of inspectors spent about three hours at a large military compound east of Baghdad before returning to their headquarters at the old Canal Hotel on the outskirts of the capital.. More

  • Car Bomb Blast in Gaza as resistance men Vow Revenge

    A Palestinian attempting a resistance car bombing against an Israeli occupation army post was killed in the Gaza Strip Wednesday as resistancegroups vowed to avenge the deaths of two of their commanders in the West Bank. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack in Gaza, which raised the specter of.. More

  • Aftershocks and closed road hamper Pakistan quake aid

    Aftershocks and blocked roads were hampering efforts on Wednesday to help up to 15,000 people forced to sleep out in freezing temperatures in Pakistan's north following a major earthquakethat killed 23 people last week. Government officials and aid workers said all aid, including tents, medicines, clothes and blankets, had to be airlifted on military.. More

  • Two Top Palestinian Resistance Leaders Assassinated in Jenin

    Two top Palestinian resistance commanders were assassinated in an explosion in Jenin refugee camp that witnesses said was caused by a missile fired by an Israeli warplane. The deaths of Ala'a Sabbagh of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Imad Nasharti of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam brigades on Tuesday night raised the specter of a surge in Israeli-Palestinian.. More

  • UN Inspectors to Resume Hunt for Banned Iraqi Arms

    U.N. inspectors resume their hunt for banned Iraqi weapons on Wednesday after a four-year gap, using new technology and a stronger mandate to search every corner of President Saddam Hussein's country. The start of inspections marks the countdown to a December 8 deadline for Baghdad to declare any nuclear, chemical or biological weapons in an initial.. More

  • FBI: Hate Crimes on Muslims up in 2001

    Although a backlash of hate crimes last year against Muslims and people who appear Middle Eastern seems to have waned, Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad says people of the Islamic faith remain worried about the future. "There are a lot of accusations against Muslims and suspicions against Muslims being perpetrated," said Ahmad, president of the Bethesda, Md.-based.. More

  • U.N. Arms Inspectors Ready for Iraq Mission

    United Nations weapons inspectors prepared on Tuesday to launch a crucial mission in Iraq, with their chief inspector demanding "convincing evidence" for any claim it did not possess prohibited materials. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annantold Baghdad the only way to avoid war was to cooperate fully with the inspection team. The first group of inspectors.. More

  • Israeli occupation army storms Gaza Strip, arrests dozens in West Bank sweep

    Israeli occupation tanks, backed by helicopters and bulldozers, staged yet another raid into the Gaza Strip, while Israeli occupation troops continued their systematic sweep of the West Bank, rounding up dozens of suspected resistance men and their relatives.The Israeli occupation army rolled into the town of Deir al-Balah and the nearby refugee camp.. More

  • Egypt urges Israel, Palestinians to negotiate under a six-month truce

    The Egyptian government daily Al-Ahram floated a multi-track approach to stop escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence by urging both sides to resume direct talks under a six-month period of calm.The editor in chief of Al-Ahram, Ibrahim Nafie, who is considered close to President Hosni Mubarak, wrote that "a general explosion must be prevented" and that.. More

  • Israel Moves Tanks Into Central Gaza Strip & Eases Military Presence in Bethlehem

    Israeli tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept into the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, battling Palestinian resistance men and demolishing the home of a wanted resistance activist. Occupation forces turned their attention to the densely populated coastal strip, invading the town of Deir al-Balah and its refugee camp, after tightening the screws on.. More

  • Arms Inspectors in Iraq; Annan Warns Baghdad

    United Nations weapons inspectors began a crucial mission in Iraq on Monday, and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Baghdad the only way to avoid war was to cooperate with them. Looking for nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, the group of inspectors were due on Wednesday to begin their first search for four years in Iraq, which President.. More

  • Saudi Arabia Says 9/11 Cash Charges Are Lies

    Saudi Arabia Monday dismissed as lies charges that it financed September 11 hijackers, and some newspapers said the allegations were a desperate attempt by U.S. hawks to get Saudi support for a possible war against Iraq. The U.S. Congress has launched an inquiry into a possible money trail from the Saudi government to two of the 19 hijackers who crashed.. More

  • Arms Inspectors Head for Crucial Mission in Iraq

    United Nationsweapons inspectors head for Iraq on Monday to begin a mission already clouded by Iraqi accusations that it is a pretext for a U.S. attack. The group of 17 inspectors due to leave Cyprus at around 1115 GMT will be the first to go to Iraq since inspections ceased in 1998. An advance team of logistics experts have been in Baghdad since last.. More

  • Israel fears Hamas wooing Egypt, planning to shunt Arafat's PA aside

    Israeli media said the occupation army had seized documents showing the resistance Islamic group Hamas is trying to woo Egypt and sideline Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority as the leading force in the territories, a day after revealing alleged PA plans to build a bomb factory.Analysts said the revelation could reflect an alarming rise in support.. More

  • Pakistan Islamists Reject U.S. Help in Terror Hunt

    The hard-line Islamic bloc set to govern the strategic Pakistani province bordering Afghanistan said Monday local authorities did not need U.S. support to hunt down al Qaeda and Taliban operatives. The comments, by a senior leader of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) coalition, came as the provincial assembly of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP),.. More